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Communication That Works
M Ahsanullah Khan, Shafiqur Rahman
Panjeree Publications Limited

The work promises to be of immense benefit to those using English as a means of communication. And with the paucity of good English, and books on the language, in this country is a welcome move. A variety of communication methods are applied here, in style and substance that bring out the modernity in the approach. Shoto Bangalir Jibonkotha
Arup Talukdar
Boshundhara Prokashon

This work is a useful handbook for anyone who wishes to have primary knowledge of the individuals who have enriched Bengali life over the decades. There are poets, politicians, scientists, educationists and others who have made it to the pages here, of course very deservingly. The book promises to be a worthwhile reference for all. Including the Excluded: Rights of Minorities in South Asia
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)

It is a compilation of fact finding reports on Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Edited by Dr. Meghna Guhathakurta, the reports were prepared by members of the South Asian People's Commission on Rights of Minorities formed by SAHR in 2004. This analytical summary of communal tendencies in South Asia includes recommendations for further campaigns which can guide the work of human rights defenders in the region. Bomb & Grenade Explosions
And Other Forms of Violence By Religious Militants in Bangladesh
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)

The work is based on investigative reports in national and local newspapers of Bangladesh. It seeks to trace acts of violence to the rise of obscurantist politics and extremist militancy in the country. The volume analyses emerging threats to individual security, democratic practice and human rights in the context of a lack of deterrent action by the state.